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List of the Buddhist Coпununi ties and
Centers in Russia р. 32-35
Telo Rinpoche - Kalmukia (President of the
Kalmuk Buddhist Union)
Ven. Dr. P.Ratanasara - Naberezhnuye Chelny
(Abbot of the Buddhist Temple, Representative
of the Shri Lanka Sangha)
Ven. D. Terasava - Moscow (Teacher of the
Nippozan Mohozi Order)
Tenzin Sundui Ludup - Tuva (Abbot of the
Tuvdantashi Choikhorling Buddhist Temple of
Kuzyl)
V. Pupyshev - Buriatia (lnternational lnstitute
of Tibeto-Mongol Medicine)
V. Ragimov - Sanct-Petersburg (The Bud<Ihist
lnternational Association of the Karma Kagyu)
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А. Terentyev - Sanct-Petersburg (Secretary of
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Buddihst Реасе March in Chechen. 1996.
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Geshe Jamyang Kyentse
is completing the Зrd year of teaching
Lamrim Cheпmo and Duira in St.Petersbuтg.
From September he will Ье teaching Prajnaparamita.
Philosophy of St.Petersburg State University. "Philosophy and psychlogy of the Mahayana
Buddhism". The program includes lectuтes on
the history and philosophy of Buddhism in
India, China and Tibet, information on Ъasic
Buddhist writings and essentials of the ancient
Chinese language. Address: 199034, St.Petersburg (Russia), Mendeleyuskaya
lin., 5,
appt.130. Phone: (812) 218-·94-22.
@ The official visit of the Central Buddhist Board (Ulan-Ude) to China
Invited Ьу the Allchinese Buddhist Association two delegates from Russia- lama
Tashinima and L. Verkhovsky visited China
from March 29 to April 4.
Branch of the Karmapa International
Buddhist Institute in Elista
About 20 students from аН over Russia and
other countries could attend
the
first
curriculum of the KIBI branch in Elista. It
has Ьееn inaugurated Ьу the director of KIBI
in Delhi, India, Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche in
August, 1995. The study period lasted for 5
months since October and was guided Ъу а
TiЪetan Khenpo Karma Choechog assisted Ъу
two Russian translators. The students learn
Buddhist philosophy, Buddhist theory of
perception (Tsema) and spoken and classical
Tibetan 1anguage. The program has four levels.
Welcome to the KIBI branch in Elista.
The Main Buryat Temple Burnt
On March 30th the newly 1Ьui1t official residence of the Buryat Khambo Lama, the
Chairman of the Central Buddhist Board was
completely de:stroyed Ьу fire. Three khuvaraks
(disciples) were burned alive.
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Visiting Russia
Ven. Karma Jiga and Ven. Lama Yeshe JLosal, the abbot of Karma Kagyu Samye Ling
Monastery in Scotland visited Moscow & St.
Petersburg this spring and gave teachings. Both
visits were organized Ьу "Inward Path"
magazine. А branch of Samye Ling wil1 Ье
estaЫished in Moscow.
Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche from
Nepal also gave teachings in Moscow and St.Petersburg. Не also fouлdt:d his 'Shri Simha'
center in St.Petersburg.
At the end of Мау the 5-day Theravada
retreat wi 11 Ье held in St.Petersburg at
'Patibodhana' Buddhist group.
Two phowas with lama Ole Nydahl in
Russia and Ukraine
The next Phowa courses in Russia and
Ukraine will take place in Irkutsk in the end
of August and in Uzhgorod in the Ъeginning
of Septem ber th i s year. The
further
information you сап get on the following
numbers in Petersburg: 142-98-83, 296-34-68.
New Elista Center of Lama Deni
The President of the European Buddhist
Union Lama Deni is visiting our country quite
often. On Apri1 1 he gave а short interview
to our magazine.
L.D. Т have just returned from Dharamsala,
where we had the Зrd Conference of Western
Buddhist Teachers. The Conference was
attended Ьу Н.Н. the Dalai Lama and
participants made many valuable suggestions
on improving the activities of international
Sangha.
Tibetan Teachers in Tuva
Two Tibetan geshes are teaching in Ky:zyl,
the Tuva capital from from August 1995. Now
al1 the Buddhist RepuЪlics of Russia and also
biggest cities, Moscow and St.Petersburg have
resident Tibetan Teachers.
Fo Kuang Education in St.Petersburg
From DecemЬer, 1995 the Center of Buddhist
Education continшld its activities. The Center
was establisn1ed Ьу St.Petersburg Fo Kuang
(Buddha's Light) Society and Department of
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to make а retreat center. We think to build
а traditional center and it wi 11 serve for all
Russia.
Later, maybe in August we are going to
make а retreat in Moscow, St. Petersburg,
maybe in Ukraine and in Kalmukia.
Т. Ts it true that you founded а new center in Kalmukia?
L.D. Yes. It is called Pekar JanJssem. Pekar means white 1etters, and Jangsem means
Bodhisattva, or knight. Of course this is an
allusion to Chenresi, and also an allusion to
Dalai Lama, and also an allusion to the symbolism of the Flag of Kalmukia which as you
might know has white 1etters on а Ьlue center of the yelllow field.
From Tndia Т returned to St.Petersburg,
where we had а Mahamudra-zogchen retreat.
It was held in OranienЪaum Palace and was
extremely good.Tomorrow Т wiП Ъе flying Ъасk
to Paris and Т' 11 Ъе coming back in the first
week of June, most probaЬiy in Moscow on
the way to Mongolia. We plan to have а
Mahamudra-Dzogchen retreat for one week
and Т hope to meet Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
and maybe Situ Rinpoche in Russia. Situ
Rinpoche said it would Ъе good to speak to
Norbu Rinpoche. Ву the way, Т visited
yesterday а Dzogchen meditation group here.
We had vaj rachant and Vaj radance and
Guruyoga-sadhana. They asked me to give
Teaching on Mahamudra and Dzogchen and
it was delightful.
Т also plan to visit Kalmukia, because when
Т was there Т was suggested а piece of land
Now the Elista Dharma Center has Sakya,
Karma Kagyu(i.e. Ole Nydahl), Dzogchen and
Rime fractions. Bon is sti11 lacking.
CONTACT
meditation. Our generation in Russia was Ъr­
ought up amongst atheist views, so it's easier
for us to absorЪ the Buddha Teaching. Т also
value the Taoist Teaching on harmony. Т think
а\1 cultuтal values created Ъу humanity should
Ье employed.
Т. But if you do not consider yourself а
Buddhist, why practice Vipassana? The
Buddhist meditation was elaborated for very
definite purposes.
G. You see, the aims of all religious
practices are about the same, if we define it
in words, Ъut the results of practice are
inexpressiЫe, because it is not rational.
'Buddha' is the 'one, who is not sleeping'. As
we understand it, if you really want to see
yourself, you must put off your clothes. The
same refers to your inner world too: you
should throw away all 'social' clothes, clothes
of emotions, impressions and remain pure. This
practice suits us.
Zhmakin Yes, when уон prepare to fight
you should abandon all superfluous ancl just
Ье in present moment.
Kick-boxing
as Vipassana Meditation
Alexander Zhmakin, new kick-boxing world
champion, interviewed
(see picture оп р. 65)
Both Alexander Zhmakin (see the picture at
page ) from St. Petersburg, who won the absolute
world championship in kick-boxing this April, and
his coach Serge Gagonin are practitioners of the
Buddhist V ipassana meditation. They learned this
practice in the St. Petersburg 'Vipassana meditation group "Bodhimandala." Now they kindly
answered some questions on their attitude to
Dharma.
Gagonin Yes, Т am а member of
the
Theravada community. Т have been introduced
to Theravada Vipassana meditation practices Ьу A.Gavrilov.
Terentyev
So you consider yourself а
Buddhist?
G. No, Т am neither Bшddhist nor
Christian, though
Т practice
Buddhist
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G Т' d add that though kick-Ьoxing is
extremely toнgh sport, Ьoth Sasha [i .е. А 1exander-Ed.] and rne-we refer to it as to
dynarnic rneditation rnethod. Meditation is
ultimately airned to abolish duality. Duality
in extrerne situation, in fighting rnay Ье fatal.
On top of that we uлderstaлd that the boxing
stage will Ье finished one day and then we
rnove to sornething else.
Т.
Now you touched the rnain point. So,
the boxing is for meditatioп or the meditation
is for boxing?
Zh. Kick-boxing is the rneans. You rnust
fight, with no time to think, to reach solutions,
in а pure state, 'the state of water' as Bruce
Li once terrned it-the state of а water-dтop
wherein everything what Jшppens is reflected.
Т Clear. But what is the aim of your
rneditation?
Zh We11, everyone who rneditates is striving to reach some wisdom, truth, enlightenment ..
G.
Ву the way, we are also interested in
theory, not only the meditation. Now we are
studying two sacred texts-Anapana-sutta and
Satipatthana-sutta frorn Pali Салоn. Also we
read The Diamond sutra. Though this text is
for the advanc:ed practitioners, for Bodhisattvas, we also were very rnuch interested.
So, let us wish Alexander Zhrnakin and Serge Gagonin new realizations in their spiritual
path.
FRIENDS OF Т/ВЕТ PAGES
of the RepuЪiic of Udrnurtia (Russian Federation), A.G. Krasi lnikov, in а letter to Olivier
Dupuis, has declared his full support to the
initiatives of the 1О of March for the freedom
in Tibet.
10 March in Russia
In Moscow and St.Petersburg the pickets
to commerno1rate the anniversary of TiЬetan
National Upriising were organized Ьу Friends
of TiЬet Societies and Transnational Radical
© А Cake for Panchen Lama
On Apri 1 25"th, the 7th Ьirthday of the irnprisoned Panchen Larna XI, а srnall group of
St.Petersburg's 'Friends of Tibet'(including two
TiЬetan Buddhist rnonks) carne to the General
Chinese Consulate to celebrate the event with
handmade cake and small presents for the
child. Chinese refused to pass the Birthday
cards to Panchen Larna, but Senior Consнl
Mr.Lu happened to Ье Ыocked for 20 minutes in the elevator (Ьecause of sorne jarn in
equiprnent) together with the friends of Tibet and had good opportunity to learn their
оршюns.
Party at the Chinese Embassy and Consulate
with over 60 participants at each place. In
St.Petersburg the Ьranches of 'Mernorial'
Society, Deшvybor Rossii, Christian Democratic Party, RepuЬlican Party, and sorne
others joined the dernonstration.
RJ Vladimir, Elista and some other Russian cities joined the Radic:al Party Carnpaign
'Fiag of Tibet.' Tibetan flags were raised at
central streets of Moscow and St.Petersburg.
w On April 23 St.Petersburg UNESCO
Center hosted the Seminar on Culture and
History of Tiibet organized Ьу local 'Friends
of Tibet Society.' Serninar was attended Ьу
Dr. Nawang Rabgyal, the Representative of
Н.Н. the Dalai Larna. Chinese diplornats,
though invited, did not show up.
"Tibet" Festival in Russia foJfO the 1997
(as part of Transnational Satyagraha)
This Festival is being plaпned as а remarkaЫe event in the cultural life of the whole
Russia. It will last for one rnonth in Moscow,
RepuЬiic of Udmurtia
The Vice-president of the Council of State
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St. Petersbuтg, Buryat, Kalmuc, Tuva and perhaps in such Ьig cities as Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, etc.
In terms of the Festival the following events
could Ье organized:
ExhiЬitions of Tibetan art from the funds
of Russian museums.
Photo-exhiЬitions on TiЬet and TiЬetan
culture.
Selling-exhiЬitions of Tibetan handicraЛ:s.
Exhibltions of books on TiЬet in the 1ibraries
and selling-ExhiЬitions of Ьooks about Tibet
in Russian and foreign langпages.
ExhiЬitions and seminars about the 1iving
tradition of tanka-painting along with demonstrations of training, drawing-patterns and
student' s work, of mineral paints, tanka' s
frames etc. and modern tanka-paintings of
western paiлters,
Exhibltion of sand mandalas, religious Ьutter
sculptures and decorations.
ExhiЬitions of Tibetan scriptures and books,
having artistic value and demonstrate the
variety of contents and forms of Tibetan
literature.
ExhiЬitions of TiЬetan national clotlnes
The visit of Н.Н. the Dalai Lama wil1 Ье
the focal point of the whole festival. The
Program of His visit could include:
the 1ectures in the Moscow and St.Petersburg
U niversities,
Meetings the puЪlic, together with Russian
N оЬ1е prize 1aureates and other outstшnding
cultural and scientific figures which could
include joint actions, directed to the protection
of culture together with H.ussian religious
leaders puЬ1ic preaching on the urgent Russian
and global problems.
(including clothiлg of differeлt provinces and
Tuva Repub1 ic
religious garments of followers of different
Buddhist sc юols,
ExhiЬitions of Tibetan carpets and rugs.
Concerts of Tibetan folk-songs, dances, sports, tales, Cham.
Demonstration of films about Tibet in the
cшemas.
Demonstration
of
traditional Tibetan
cooking.
Meetings with western cultural workt rs,
connected with Tibetan spiritual traditions.
Lectures of Tibetan scholars in the Universities, colleges etc.,
Seminars with the participation of Russian
and Tibetan scholars on the proЫems of
epistemology, etc.,
Inter-religious round taЬ1es on the proЬ1ems
of modern forms of spirituality in the world
at the approach of the end of the 20th century.
Nikolay Sanjiev, Minister of Culture of
Kalmuk RepuЬlic
Academitian Evgeny Velichov, President of
International Foundation for Survival and
Development of Humanity (Moscow)
Dr. Nawang Rabgyal, Representative of Н.Н.
the Dalai Lama (Moscow)
Prof. Vatanaг Yagya, Chief Advisor to the
Mayor of St.Petersburg, and others
The Organising Commitee of the festival
includes such prominent figures as
Lidia Nimayeva, Vice-chairman of the
Government of Buryat RepuЬ1ic
Gennady StrнЬinov, Minister of Culture of
Buтyat RepuЪ1ic
KhamЬo-1ama Damba Ayusheev, Chaiпman
of the Central Buddhist Board of Russia
Kaadur-ool Bicheldey, Chairman of the
Parliament of Tuva RepuЬI ic
Biche-ool Shirap, Vice-Chairman of the
Government of Tuva RepuЬlic
Chelguchi Ondar, Minister of Cнlture of
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